Non-Locally Controllable but Trackable Magnetic Head Flagellated Swimmer

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Autori principali: Palazzolo, Lucas, Binois, Mickaël, Giraldi, Laëtitia
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author Palazzolo, Lucas
Binois, Mickaël
Giraldi, Laëtitia
author_facet Palazzolo, Lucas
Binois, Mickaël
Giraldi, Laëtitia
contents Unlike macroscopic swimmers, microswimmers operate in a low-Reynolds-number regime dominated by viscous forces. This paper investigates the controllability of a magnetic microswimmer composed of a spherical magnetic head and an elastic, non-magnetic flagellum. The swimmer evolves in a Stokes flow and is modeled using the resistive force theory. We prove that, under planar motion, the system is not small-time locally controllable and numerically identify regions that remain inaccessible. Nevertheless, simulations show that trajectory tracking can still be achieved via Bayesian optimization, though it requires large-amplitude transverse deformations.
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spellingShingle Non-Locally Controllable but Trackable Magnetic Head Flagellated Swimmer
Palazzolo, Lucas
Binois, Mickaël
Giraldi, Laëtitia
Optimization and Control
Soft Condensed Matter
93B05, 37N10, 76Z10
Unlike macroscopic swimmers, microswimmers operate in a low-Reynolds-number regime dominated by viscous forces. This paper investigates the controllability of a magnetic microswimmer composed of a spherical magnetic head and an elastic, non-magnetic flagellum. The swimmer evolves in a Stokes flow and is modeled using the resistive force theory. We prove that, under planar motion, the system is not small-time locally controllable and numerically identify regions that remain inaccessible. Nevertheless, simulations show that trajectory tracking can still be achieved via Bayesian optimization, though it requires large-amplitude transverse deformations.
title Non-Locally Controllable but Trackable Magnetic Head Flagellated Swimmer
topic Optimization and Control
Soft Condensed Matter
93B05, 37N10, 76Z10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.02535